South Africa Slang Dictionary
South African slang is a rich, multilingual mix that borrows freely from the country's eleven official languages - isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sesotho and more - plus street languages like tsotsitaal and Sepitori. It's the language of the townships, the taxi rank, kwaito and amapiano, and everyday Mzansi life from Joburg to Cape Town to Durban. Words like eish, howzit, lekker, sharp sharp and yebo are woven into how South Africans speak every day. Explore the community-built dictionary of South African slang below - and add the words you know.
Yhu unezothe ke la bhuti.
That man is extremely annoying.
Girls will mize you when you are broke!
I'm learning the Thuso Phala dance.
I'm not surprised, akere it's Yt pipo.
I'm coming from Rankuwa.
Asambe siye enkwarini
Did you see that shibobo from Messi?
Ibhinca is a Zulu person who practices their traditional Zulu culture, including wearing the traditional attire and listening to Maskandi
I had to act like I love Maskandi cause I was drinking with ibhinca.
Plural Amaqaba
They used to call me iqaba because I come from the villages.
No one:
Skrr Skrr kid: I went to see a Bone Thug today cause y'all be trippin.
I miss Nelly M, things would be better if he was still alive.